September 2009
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Protest against the BC Cuts to BC Arts and...
Arts groups in BC are gathering outside the BC Liberals’ Public Finance meeting in Vancouver this Monday at 12:30. The Finance Committee’s meeting, which collects public opinion about its 2010-11 budget, was announced at the last minute, and the speaker list is full. However, arts groups will be gathering outside to demand the restoration of arts and culture funding. They will be...
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Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Douglas Coupland...
The Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC) and Stop the BC Arts Cuts jointly announce the launch of a new website protesting the BC Liberal government’s devastating cuts to arts and culture funding. The website can be found at http://www.StopBCArtsCuts.ca. Stop BC Arts Cuts is loose affiliation of concerned arts organizations and individuals working to bring attention to the...
British Columbians and Canadians speak out against... →
Ruins, a short article on the arts cuts →
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Kate Armstrong: GOT CULTURE? Um, actually no
Thursday, 03 September 2009 at 21:54 B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92 percent for 2010–11. Imagine a 92 percent reduction in your company’s income. How would your industry fare if that was implemented across the board? The numbers are like this: 47.8 million (2008) down to 3.75 million (2010-2011) Reasons This...